An inventory of his papers at Syracuse University

Papers of the American sportsman, inventor, businessman. Correspondence, 1947-58;
patents and
ideas for inventions, 1945-52; photographs; manuscript and published material. Papers
relate primarily to Richard's
inventions for shotguns and fishing tackle.

Kenneth Richards (1902-??) was an American sportsman and inventor. He was an authority
on guns and was the
inventor of the "Shooting Master" choke and the Richards method for checking shotgun
and ammunition performance. He
spent much of his life in Massachusetts where he owned several businesses, including
Master Chokes, Inc., The Shooting-Master Corp., and the True Art Fly Co.

The Kenneth Richards Papers consists of correspondence, business files, manuscripts,
patents and ideas, and a small amount of published material.

Correspondence is both incoming and outgoing and includes a small amount of correspondence
by others.

Business files contains material related to Richards' various gun and fishing tackle
businesses, and includes correspondence, photographs, publicity material, bills and
receipts, and corporation records.

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